Halter



June 17, 1947. H; MAsBRu'Cl-'rA HALTER Filed April 16, 1946 PatentedJune 17, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel halter for controllingunruly animals or for breaking animals to lead and to provide a halterwhich can be used on cows, bulls or horses.

I attain the objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of theinvention applied to an animal; and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the halter detached from the animal.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in each of the views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings-I provide a strap I passing overthe head and behind the ears of the animal, this strap terminating atone end in a loop 2 which engages one of rings 3. The other end of thestrap has spaced buckle openings which are adjustably engaged by thebuckle 6. The buckle 6 is connected by a link looped strap 2a to a ring3a opposite to and corresponding in function to the ring 3. The oppositecheek straps 4 terminate at their upper ends in loops 5 which areengaged in the rings 3 and 3a, as shown in Fig. 2. Straps 4, at theirlower ends terminate in loops II. I provide a chain 9 which extendsunder the throat of the animal and which has end links 8 engaging therings 3 and 3a. I also provide a chain Il which is connected to chain 9by a connecting element I0 which may be either a ring, as shown, or ashort chain. For -cattle the ring will be used; for horses a short chainwill function better. A link I2 extends through one of the lower cheekstrap loops Il and is engaged by the loop I6 of the side nose link I4,which in turn, at its other end engages the central nose link I5, thelower link in turn being engaged by another side nose link I4, as shownin Fig. 1 and this latter link I4 has its loop I4b engaged in the loopI6 secured to the loop II of the adjacent side cheek strap 4. The chainIl extends under the chin of the animal, passes freely through the linkI3 and has a depending end portion Ila which is connected to the ringI8. In use, if the animal follows along docilely, he is notinconvenienced by the halter. If the animal is unruly, aA pull on thechain I'I will cause a pull on links I4 which will tighten the centrallink I5 over the nose, punishing the animal and making its controlpossible.

What I claim is:

l. In a halter for controlling unruly animals, the combination of anadjustable head strap, cheek straps connected to the head strap, athroat chain also connected to the head Strap, a chin chain having itscentral portion operatively connected to the throat chain, side noselinks, a central nose link connected to each of the side nose links, alink through which the chin chain freely passes, said chin chain beingof suflcient length to have a depending end portion and carrying a ringto which a conventional halter strap may be detachably engaged, wherebyincreased tension on the chin chain will tighten the nose links andenable the person leading an unruly animal to control the animal.

2. In combination with a halter, metal links including a centralstraight link and stiff side links, the central link extending over thenose of the animal, a chain extending under the chin of the animal, alink operatively yconnected to the nose links and through which one endof said A REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in thefile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,252,667 Crawford Jan. 8, 19181,410,573 Jensen ci Mar. 28, 1922

